Stencil-holder.



No. 642,481. Patented Jan. 30, I900. W. H. PERKINS.

STENCIL HOLDER.

(Application filed Max. 29, 1899.)

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WALTER H. PERKINS, 0F BOSTON,- MASSACHUSETTS;

STENCIL-HOLUER.

' srmmnmn forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,481, dated January 30, 1906.

Application filed March 29, 1899. Serial No. 710,961. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. PERKINS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stencil-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement on that disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 306,639, granted to me October 14, 1884, the said patent describing a flexible open frame provided at one end with a handle and at the other end with a hook and having provisions for holding a series of stenoil-plates, the Whole constituting a stencil and holder which can be operated to mark bales, boxes, and similar articles by attaching the hook to a part of the bale or other article and grasping the handle in one hand and holding the stencil and holder up against the surface to be marked, thus leaving the other hand free to manipulate the marking-brush.

The present invention has for its object to increase the flexibility of the device, while at the same time making it lighter and simpler in construction and more effective and convenient in operation. I

Theinvention consists in the improvements which I shall now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan View of my improved stencil and holder. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the other side thereof. Fig. 3 represents a section on the line 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: represents a separate view of one of the stencil-plates.

Referring to the drawings, a designatesthe frame for holding the stencil-plates, the same comprising two longitudinal bars 2 2, connected by two end cross-bars 3 3. At one end of the frame is attached a hook 0, adapted to hook into the bale, box, or other article, and at the other end is av handle 1), by means of which the stencil may be manipulated.

d d are a series of stencil-plates attached. to the back of the frame a and arranged as shown in the drawings, with their edges overlapping, this arrangement having the effect of preventing the marking fluid from getting in between the edges of the stencil-plates onto the surface to be marked. The plates cl cl are engaged with the frame a, so as to plates to the frame.

are headless on ths back side of the frame and extend into the circular holes 61, which are placed near the upper margins of the plates d. The recesses d on the lower margins of the platesare open-ended, interrupting the margins, and are adapted to fit around the necks 4 of the studs f and under the heads 5, with which the said studs are provided. By this construction each plate can be easily slipped into and out of place on the frame a and retained in engagement therewith when in place.

The studs e on the upper bar of the frame a serve as pivots for a series of clips 9 g,which have portions 6 on the front side of the frame and lips 7 bent over to the rear side of the frame and adapted to slip over the upper edges of the stencil-plates d and clamp said The clips may be turned up on their pivots, so as to release any of the plates and permit them to be removed.

The above construction and arrangement provide a particularly light and flexible frame, and one in which any one of the stencil-plates may be readily removed or inserted without disturbing the fastenings of the other plates. The great flexibility attained is useful in permitting the stencil and holder to conform to a surface of rather sharp curvature, as a cylindrical cotton-bale.

I claim- 1. A stencil holder comprising a flexible open frame, a series of stencil-plates, means rigid with the frame engaging the plates along one edge and retaining them on the frame, a series of headless studs on the frame occupying holes in the other ends of the plates and preventing lateral displacement thereof, and a series of clips pivoted to the frame, one for each stencil plate, and engaging said platesindependently of the studs to hold them against the frame.

2. A stencil-holder comprising a flexible open frame, a series of headed studs project ing from the side of the frame along one edge thereof and adapted to hold a series of stenoil-plates by one end to the frame, a series of headless studs projecting from the same side of the frame along the opposite edge thereof, and adapted to engage the other ends of said stencil-plates to prevent lateral displacement thereof, and a series of clips pivoted to the frame in proximity to the headless studs and adapted to hold the ends of the plates against the frame and in engagement with said headless studs.

3. A stencil-holder comprising a flexible open frame, a series of stencil plates laid along one side of the frame, means on the frame engaging the plates along one edge and retaining them on the frame, means engaging 15 the other ends of the plates and preventing lateral displacement thereof, and a series of clips pivoted to the frame on the opposite side from the plates, and having lips turned over the edge of the frame and engaging the 20 plates.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER H. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON, 

